RZS Holdings AVV v. PDVSA Petroleos S.A.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

GERALD BRUCE LEE, District Judge.

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant PDVSA S.A.’s Motion to Confirm and Plaintiff RZS’ Motion to Vacate the Final Arbitral Award rendered by the Arbitral Tribunal in this matter This case concerns Plaintiff RZS Holdings’ allegations that arbitrator corruption, bias, and misconduct prohibit this Court from confirming the Final Arbitration Award entered on February 9, 2006. The issues before the Court are whether: 1) confirmation of this Arbitration Award is governed by the Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration…